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Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Networks, middleware, distributed and mobile systems

DISI carries out several research activities, both theoretical and applied, in the macro-area of distributed systems, cloud computing and middleware supporting highly efficient and scalable distributed services. The activities range from the sub-fields of
efficient management of distributed resources, to the development of context-aware distributed services, from middleware support for quality of service and location/context-awareness, to parallel and distributed simulation, from adaptive distributed multimedia systems
to content delivery networks. Regarding the activities on cloud computing, DISI is engaged in addressing many related technological challenges that are still unresolved in the literature and/or far from consolidated industrial-grade solutions, such as

  1. design of middleware architectures for dynamic configuration, management and optimization of resources and services on cloud;
  2. Algorithms and mechanisms for reducing energy consumption and optimizing resource utilization on datacenters;
  3. Optimized plans for dynamic allocation and migration of virtual machines, including heterogeneous ones;
  4. Dynamic federation of heterogeneous cloud systems;
  5. online stream processing with high scalability and quality-aware based on Map&Reduce-like techniques.

People

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Ozalp Babaoglu

Full Professor

keywords: High-Performance Computing, Machine learning, Predictive data analytics, Energy efficiency, Fault tolerance,
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Lorenzo Bacchiani

PhD Student

Research fellow

Teaching tutor

keywords: Microservices, Distributed Systems, Dynamic Adaptability, Programming Languages
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Paolo Bellavista

Full Professor

keywords: Edge Cloud Computing, Mobile Middleware, Industrial IoT, Big Data Online Stream Processing, Wireless Sensor Networks,
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Luciano Bononi

Full Professor

keywords: Network Communication Protocols and architectures, Wireless networks and systems, Sustainable electric vehicular
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Roberto Casadei

Senior assistant professor (fixed-term)

keywords: artificial intelligence, programming paradigms, collective systems, distributed systems, pervasive computing, Internet
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Anna Ciampolini

Full Professor

keywords: artificial intelligence, cloud computing, intelligent agents, high performance computing, virtualization
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Paolo Ciancarini

Full Professor

keywords: Coordination languages and models, Multiagent architectures, Semantic web, Entertainment computing, Digital documents,

Antonio Corradi

Full Professor

Adjunct professor

keywords: Infrastructures for Industry 4.0, Cloud infrastructures and systems, Crowdsensing and mobility AsaService, Dynamic
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Gabriele D'Angelo

Assistant professor

keywords: Simulation, Computer and Internet security, Distributed systems, Parallel and distributed simulation, Performance

Giuseppe De Palma

PhD Student

Teaching tutor

keywords: Serverless
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Muhammad Azaz Farooq

PhD Student

Teaching tutor

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Angelo Feraudo

PhD Student

keywords: vehicular networks, vehicular computing, ETSI MEC, simulation,o-ran, 5G
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Salvatore Fiorilla

PhD Student

Teaching tutor

keywords: Deep Learning, Distributed Software Architectures, Computer Vision, Instance Re Identification
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Luca Foschini

Associate Professor

keywords: Context Data Distribution, Context-Aware Systems, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Mobile Multimedia, Session
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Enrico Gallinucci

Fixed-term Researcher in Tenure Track L. 79/2022

keywords: Big Data, NoSQL Databases, Social Data Analysis, Trajectory Data Analysis, Precision Agriculture, Business
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Vittorio Ghini

Associate Professor

keywords: Terminal mobility architectures, Multi-layer simulation for IoT systems, Network load balancing, Energy consumption
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Saverio Giallorenzo

Fixed-term Researcher in Tenure Track L. 79/2022

keywords: Programming Languages, Process Algebras, Session Types, Choreographic Programming, Microservices, Dynamic Adaptability,
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Lorenzo Gigli

PhD Student

Teaching tutor

keywords: Internet of Things, IoT, Web of Things, WoT
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Roberto Girau

Senior assistant professor (fixed-term)

keywords: internet of things, cloud computing, smart city
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Matteo Golfarelli

Full Professor

keywords: Big Data, Data warehouse, Design process, Data Mining, Analytics, Social business intelligence, Opinion mining,
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Abdelsalam Ali Helal

Full Professor

keywords: Architectural and programmability aspects of the Internet of Things (IoT), Service-oriented IoT architectures, IoT edge

Florian Hofer

Research fellow

keywords: Industry 4.0, PLC, RealTime Linux, Container, Programmable Logic Controller
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Daniela Loreti

Junior assistant professor (fixed-term)

keywords: Sustainable HPC algorithms, Evaluation and containment of the energy consumption of AI algorithms., Parallel
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Moreno Marzolla

Associate Professor

keywords: High Performance Computing, Systems Performance Modeling, Complex Systems Analysis, Distributed Systems and Algorithms
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Andrea Melis

Junior assistant professor (fixed-term)

keywords: Security, Cybersecurity, Privacy
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Rebecca Montanari

Full Professor

keywords: Policy-based management systems, Access-control models, Adaptive service provisioning in mobile systems, Semantic-based
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Gianluca Moro

Associate Professor

keywords: Text mining, Data mining, Deep learning, Cross-modal text and images retrieval, Transfer learning, Ad hoc data centric
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Mirco Musolesi

Full Professor

keywords: Machine intelligence, Machine learning, Reinforcement learning, Foundational models, Large language models, Multi-agent
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Andrea Omicini

Full Professor

keywords: simulation, intelligent agents, multiparadigm languages, self-organising systems, pervasive computing, multiagent
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Danilo Pianini

Senior assistant professor (fixed-term)

keywords: simulation, aggregate programming, Internet of Things, self-organization, complex systems, biomimicry
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Marco Prandini

Associate Professor

keywords: Software defined networking, E-voting, Intrusion detection, Penetration testing, Cloud security, IoT security, Industry
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Lorenzo Rosa

Research fellow

Teaching tutor

keywords: Kernel-bypassing, RDMA, Industry 4.0, High-performance communication, Zero-copy communication, Reliable Ultra-Low
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Davide Rossi

Associate Professor

keywords: software engineering, web technologies, business process management, knwoledge graphs, coordination, process modeling
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Luca Sciullo

Junior assistant professor (fixed-term)

keywords: Internet of Things (IoT), Web of Things (WoT), Blockchain, Digital Twin, Industry 4.0
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Domenico Scotece

Junior assistant professor (fixed-term)

keywords: Fog Computing, Cloud Computing, IoT, Mobile Edge Computing, Mobile Cloud Computing, Wireless Network, Software Defined
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Angelo Trotta

Junior assistant professor (fixed-term)

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Giorgio Tsiotas

PhD Student

keywords: Computer Vision, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing

Stefano Pio Zingaro

Junior assistant professor (fixed-term)

keywords: Machine learning, Microservices, Artificial intelligence, Early school leaving